US4098907A - Method of preparing the catalyst component for α-olefin polymerization - Google Patents

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US4098907A
US4098907A US05/749,080 US74908076A US4098907A US 4098907 A US4098907 A US 4098907A US 74908076 A US74908076 A US 74908076A US 4098907 A US4098907 A US 4098907A
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  • This invention relates to a method for manufacturing a reformed titanium trichloride which, in the polymerization of ⁇ -olefin, makes it possible to obtain a highly stereospecific polymer with a high polymerization activity.
  • a catalyst system comprising a halide of a metal selected from the groups IV, V and VI of the periodic table and an organometal compound of a metal selected from the groups I, II and III of the periodic table has generally been known as Ziegler-Natta catalyst.
  • titanium trichloride which is selected from halides of the metals belonging to the groups IV, V and VI of the periodic table
  • an organoaluminum compound which is selected from organometal compounds of the metals belonging to the groups I, II and III, are in use as catalyst for the polymerization of ⁇ -olefin such as propylene and have brought about good results.
  • the titanium trichloride manufacturing method is well known. Namely, a solid solution or a crystalline compound comprising aluminum trichloride and titanium trichloride which is obtained from the reduction of titanium tetrachloride with metal aluminum in the presence of aluminum trichloride and which is approximately of a structure of 3TiCl 3 .AlCl 3 is pulverized by means of various pulverizers.
  • the titanium trichloride which is prepared through such processes is being advantageously used for industrial purposes.
  • Such a simple method of physical pulverization into finer particles alone not only does not bring about any great improvement in the polymerization activity of titanium trichloride but also produces a degraded particle characteristic of the polymer product because of the formation of fine polymer particles to a great extent when such a finely pulverized titanium trichloride is employed as a component of a catalyst in the polymerization of ⁇ -olefin.
  • a catalyst system comprising titanium trichloride and triethylaluminum brings about higher polymerization activity but results in the formation of a considerable amount of an amorphous polymer generally termed atactic polymer which is of a low economic value, so such a catalyst system is disadvantageous for industrial use because of complicating processes after polymerization.
  • the reformed titanium trichloride was prepared by simultaneously pulverizing (hereinafter called “co-pulverizing") a solid solution or a crystalline compound comprising titanium trichloride and aluminum trichloride (hereinafter called “a crystalline titanium trichloride compound”) and an organoaluminum compound, treating the co-pulverized mixture with an organic ether compound, and heating the thus treated titanium trichloride.
  • co-pulverizing a solid solution or a crystalline compound comprising titanium trichloride and aluminum trichloride
  • organoaluminum compound an organoaluminum compound
  • the present reformed titanium trichloride is prepared by co-pulverizing a crystalline titanium trichloride compound and an organoaluminum compound, treating the co-pulverized mixture with an oxygen-containing organic compound, and treating the thus treated titanium trichloride with halides of metals selected from the groups of IV and V of the periodic table.
  • This reformed titanium trichloride used as a catalyst component for polymerization of ⁇ -olefin has much higher polymerization activity and brings about higher yield of stereospecific polymer than the previous one.
  • this invention offers a method for manufacturing a valuable reformed titanium trichloride as a catalyst component for polymerization of ⁇ -olefin which is characterized in that the reformed titanium trichloride is prepared by co-pulverizing a crystalline titanium trichloride compound and an organoaluminum compound, treating the co-pulverized mixture with an oxygen-containing organic compound, and finally treating the thus treated titanium trichloride with halides of metals selected from the groups of IV and V of the periodic table.
  • the crystalline titanium trichloride compound that can be employed as material for the preparation of the reformed titanium trichloride by which the catalyst system in this invention is characterized includes: (1) a crystalline compound of titanium trichloride which comprises titanium trichloride and aluminum trichloride, which crystalline compound is prepared by obvious methods such as reducing titanium tetrachloride with metal aluminum in the presence of aluminum trichloride and then removing excess titanium tetrachloride by means of distillation, and it is expressed approximately by the formula 3TiCl 3 .AlCl 3 , or a substance prepared by pulverizing above stated crystalline compound of titanium trichloride by means of various pulverizers; and (2) a titanium trichloride which contains an aluminum trichloride in the form of a solid solution, which solid solution is prepared by simultaneous pulverization carried out with various pulverizers on the aluminum trichloride added to titanium trichloride obtained by reducing titanium tetrach
  • the titanium trichloride used as material for the preparation of the reformed titanium trichloride may be selected from solid solution or crystalline compounds consisting of titanium trichloride and aluminum trichloride.
  • the substance obtained by pulverizing the crystalline titanium trichloride compound prepared by reducing titanium tetrachloride with metal aluminum in the presence of aluminum trichloride by means of various pulverizers, namely the crystalline titanium trichloride compound which is now widely in use as a component of a catalyst for the polymerization of ⁇ -olefin such as propylene, is preferable as a material for the preparation of the reformed titanium trichloride in this invention.
  • the organoaluminum compound to be co-pulverized with the crystalline titanium trichloride compound the organoaluminum compound which is expressed by the formula AlRnX 3 -n (0 ⁇ n ⁇ 3; R and X represent a hydrocarbon radical having 1-16 of carbon atoms and a halogen atom or a hydrogen atom, respectively.) can be employed.
  • Such organoaluminum compounds include trimethyl aluminum, triethylaluminum, tri-n-propyl aluminum, tri-n-butyl aluminum, triisobutyl aluminum, tri-n-hexyl aluminum, tri-2-pentyl aluminum, tri-n-octyl aluminum, tri-n-decyl aluminum, tri-n-dodecyl aluminum, tri-n-hexadecyl aluminum, diethyl aluminum chloride, di-n- propyl aluminum chloride, diisobutyl aluminum chloride, methyl aluminum sesquichloride, ethyl aluminum dichloride, isobutyl aluminum dichloride, diethyl aluminum iodide, diethyl aluminum hydride, diisobutyl aluminum hydride, etc.
  • organoaluminum compounds can be employed in any form such single or mixture of the organoaluminum compounds or a dilute solution with inert hydrocarbons.
  • inert hydrocarbons include n-hexane, n-heptane, octane, cyclohexane, etc.
  • the quantity of the organoaluminum compound which is to be co-pulverized with the crystalline titanium trichloride compound may be set within the range from 0.1 to 25 parts, by weight desirably from 3 to 15 parts of the organoaluminum compound to 100 parts of the crystalline titanium trichloride compound. If the quantity of the organoaluminum compound is less than 0.1 part against 100 parts of the crystalline titanium trichloride compound, there will be no effect of co-pulverization. On the other hand, if it exceeds 25 parts against 100 parts of the crystalline titanium trichloride compound, the copulverized mixture tends to stick to inner walls of the pulverizer or to the grinding medium employed during the co-pulverizing process.
  • the addition of the organoaluminum compound to the crystalline titanium trichloride compound can be made at any time for co-pulverization.
  • the co-pulverization may be carried out after mixing an organoaluminum compound with a crystalline titanium trichloride compound which has not been pulverized or it may further by carried out after the addition of the organoaluminum compound to a crystalline titanium trichloride compound which has already been pulverized.
  • the co-pulverization of a crystalline titanium trichloride compound and an organoaluminum compound can be accomplished with various kinds of pulverizers that are widely known such as vibration mills, ball mills, etc.
  • the time for co-pulverization varies depending on the type of the pulverizer employed, the grinding intensity and the degree of previous pulverization already made on the crystalline titanium trichloride compound.
  • the copulverization of a crystalline titanium trichloride compound which has not been pulverized, with an organoaluminum compound usually takes a relatively long period of time. However, when a crystalline titanium trichloride compound has been sufficiently pulverized beforehand, the co-pulverization of it with an organoaluminum compound can be accomplished within a relatively short period of time.
  • the process of co-pulverizing a crystalline titanium trichloride compound and an organoaluminum compound is indispensable.
  • the merit of the reformed titanium trichloride which characterizes this invention can not be attained by merely bringing the crystalline titanium trichloride compound into contact with the organoaluminum compound, even if the treatment is carried out thereafter with the above stated organic solvent and then the treatment with halides of metals is also carried out as described in the foregoing.
  • the present inventors made an experiment wherein a previously pulverized crystalline titanium trichloride compound and an organoaluminum compound such as diethyl aluminum chloride were brought into contact with each other in inert hydrocarbon such as n-heptane; thus processed material was treated with an oxygen-containing organic compound such as n-butyl ether and then treated with a halide of a metal selected from the groups of IV and V of the periodic table such as titanium tetrachloride; and polymerization was carried out using a catalyst system comprising thus obtained catalyst and organoaluminum compound.
  • this catalyst system did not have any advantageous effects on the polymerization of ⁇ -olefin such as propylene, etc.
  • the treatment with an oxygen-containing organic compounds in this invention is carried out as follows: the co-pulverized mixture is suspended in an oxygen-containing organic compound or a dilute solution of it and mixed by stirring; subsequently a solid fraction (hereinafter called "a treated titanium trichloride") is separated by filtration or decantation and then the treated titanium trichloride is washed with an inert hydrocarbon several times.
  • a treated titanium trichloride a solid fraction
  • a titanium trichloride obtained by co-pulverization with organoaluminum compound after treating of a crystalline titanium trichloride compound with an oxygencontaining organic compound does not have any advantageous effects on the polymerization of ⁇ -olefin.
  • the oxygen-containing organic compounds usable for this inventive treatment include: (1) aliphatic ethers such as ethylether, propylether, n-butylether, n-amylether, isoamylether, n-hexylether, ethylpropylether, ethylisopropylether, ethylbutylether, ethylisobutylether, ethylisoamylether, proparagylether, etc.; (2) aromatic ethers such as anisole; phenetole, diphenylether, etc; (3) ethyleneglycoldiethers such as ethyleneglycoldimethylether, ethyleneglycoldiethylether, ethyleneglycoldibutylether, etc; (4) ethyleneglycolmonoethers such as ethyleneglycolmonobutylether, ethyleneglycolmonoethylether, ethyleneglycolmonohexylether
  • an oxygen-containing organic compound employed as the treating solvent it is usually more advantageous to dilute it, before use, with a solvent of aliphatic hydrocarbon such as n-hexane, n-heptane or octane, cyclic hydrocarbon such as cyclohexane or aromatic hydrocarbon such as benzene or toluene.
  • a solvent of aliphatic hydrocarbon such as n-hexane, n-heptane or octane
  • cyclic hydrocarbon such as cyclohexane or aromatic hydrocarbon such as benzene or toluene.
  • the quantity of the oxygen-containing organic compound employed for the treatment may be set within the range from 0.1 to 10 moles, desirably from 0.3 to 2 moles of the oxygencontaining, organic compound to 1 mole of TiCl 3 in the copulverized mixture of the titanium trichloride and the organoaluminum compound.
  • the quantity of the solvent employed as diluent of the oxygen-containing organic compound may be set within the range from 1 to 100 parts by volume, desirably from 0.2 to 20 parts of the solvent employed as diluent to 1 part of the co-pulverized mixture.
  • the temperature range for treating the co-pulverized mixture with the oxygen-containing organic compound is generally from 0° C to the boiling point of the oxygen-containing organic compound or that of the hydrocarbon employed as diluent whichever is lower.
  • the range of the time for treating with it is generally from 0.1 to 50 hours, desirably from 0.5 to 10 hours.
  • the treated titanium trichloride prepared by the above mentioned treating conditions can bring about increase of an effect on treatment by sufficient washing with the above stated solvent as diluent.
  • This washing with the diluent can be carried out with various methods such as the treated titanium trichloride is separated from the diluent by filtration or decantation after suspending the treated titanium trichloride in the diluent.
  • a catalyst component obtained by treating the treated titanium trichloride with a halide of a metal selected from the groups IV and V of the periodic table is useful for polymerization of ⁇ -olefin and provides a great improvement in yield of stereospecific or crystalline polymer.
  • the treatment with a halide of a metal selected from the groups IV and V of the periodic table in this invention is carried out as follows: the treated titanium trichloride is suspended in a halide of a metal or a dilute solution of it and mixed; then a solid fraction (hereinafter called "a reformed titanium trichloride”) is separated from a liquid fraction by filtration or decantation and finally washed with an inert hydrocarbon several times to wash off a metal halide.
  • halides of metals selected from the groups IV and V of the periodic table available for this inventive treatment include: titanium tetrafluoride, titanium tetrachloride, titanium tetrabromide, titanium tetraiodide, silicon tetrachloride, germanium tetrachloride, vanadium tetrachloride, and so on. These halides of metals are used either bythemselves or as solution of solvents belonging to aliphatic hydrocarbon such as n-heptane or n-hexane or cyclid hydrocarbon such as cyclohexane.
  • the quantity of the halide of metal employed for the treatment may be within the range from 0.1 to 100 parts, by weight desirably from 1 to 20 parts to 1 part of the treated titanium trichloride.
  • the quantity of the solvent employed for dilution of the halide of metal may be within the range from 0.1 to 100 parts by volume, desirably from 10 to 50 parts to 1 part of the halide of metal.
  • the range of the temperatures for treating with the halide of metal is generally from 0° to 150° C, desirably from 10° to80° C.
  • the range of the time for treating with it is from 0.1 to 50 hours, desirably from 0.5 to 20 hours in general.
  • the reformed titanium trichloride can be improved by sufficient washing with the above stated solvent.
  • This washing with the solvent can be carried out with various methods such as the reformed titanium trichloride is separated from the solvent by filtration or decantation after suspending the reformed titanium trichloride in the solvent.
  • reformed titanium trichloride includes the solvent, so various kinds of dryer such as vacuum dryer, flash dryer, etc. are employed to separate the reformed titanium trichloride from the solvent.
  • the temperature of the reformed titanium trichloride during drying is to be held below 80° C, desirably below 60° C.
  • the time for drying is generally from 0.1 to 50 hours, desirably from 1 to 10 hours.
  • the reformed titanium trichloride in present invention is employed for polymerization or co-polymerization of ⁇ -olefin in combination with an organoaluminum compound which is expressed by the general formula AlRnX 3 -n (0 ⁇ n ⁇ 3, R and X indicate a hydrocarbon radical having 1-16 of carbon atoms and a halogen atom or a hydrogen atom, respectively.)
  • organoaluminum compounds as mentioned above include triethyl aluminum, diethyl aluminum chloride, ethyl aluminum sesquichloride, ethyl aluminum dichloride, triisobutyl aluminum, diisobutyl aluminum chloride and others.
  • the polymerization or the co-polymerization of ⁇ -olefin is carried out with the reformed titanium trichloride obtained by the method of the present invention
  • the polymerization or the co-polymerization is carried out with various kinds of methods such as suspension polymerization, bulk polymerization, gaseous phase polymerization.
  • the polymerization solvent is selected from aliphatic hydrocarbon such as n-heptane or n-hexane, cyclic hydrocarbon such as cyclohexane or aromatic hydrocarbon such as benzene or tolune;
  • the polymerization temperature is set between 20° and 200° C, desirably 50° and 90° C; and the polymerization pressure is set between 1 and 100 atm., desirably 5 and 25 atm.
  • a molecular weight adjusting agent such as hydrogen may be also employed.
  • a 300 ml glass flask equipped with stirring blades is filled with 50 grams of the co-pulverized mixture and a solution comprising 20 ml of n-butylether and 180 ml of n-hexane in nitrogen atmospheric current. After stirring for 2 hours at room temperature at 250-300 r.p.m., vacuum filtration is carried out in nitrogen atmospheric current to obtain a treated titanium trichloride immediately.
  • the treated titanium trichloride is washed with 100 ml of dehydrated n-hexane on a filter five times and then the whole of the treated titanium trichloride thus obtained and a solution comprising 30 ml of titanium tetrachloride and 170 ml of n-hexane are put in a 300 ml glass flask equipped with stirring blades in nitrogen atmospheric current. After stirring for 2 hours at 60° C, vacuum filtration is carried out in nitrogen atmospheric current to obtain a reformed titanium trichloride. The reformed titanium trichloride is washed with 100 ml of dehydrated n-hexane on a filter seven times. Finally the reformed titanium trichloride is obtained by means of flash drying with nitrogen gas on the filter for 2 hours at room temperature.
  • 0.1 gram of the reformed titanium trichloride and 0.6 gram of diethyl aluminum chloride are charged in a 2 liter stainless steel autoclave equipped with an agitator containing 1000 ml of dehydrated n-heptane as polymerization solvent.
  • 400 ml of hydrogen gas and propylene gas are introduced therein and adjusted to 10 kg/cm 2 G of the inside pressure of it.
  • the polymerization is considered to have begun when the propylene gas has been introduced.
  • the inside temperature of the autoclave is controlled at 70° C and the inside pressure at 10 kg/cm 2 G.
  • the supply of the propylene gas is stopped and the residual propylene gas inside the autoclave is exhausted from the system gradually.
  • the wet polymer product is separated by filtration after the residual catalyst was decomposed by means of a methyl alcohol-isopropyl alcohol mixed solution.
  • the wet polymer product is subjected to vacuum drying to obtain 325 grams of the solid polymer.
  • the filtrate is subjected to an evaporation drying process to recover 4.4 grams of n-heptane-soluble polymer.
  • a fraction of the solid polymer is extracted for 20 hours with n-heptane in Soxhlet Extractor and the n-heptane-insoluble polymer is separated from the n-heptane-soluble polymer.
  • the weight percent of the n-heptane-insoluble polymer in the solid polymer is 97.6%.
  • the reformed titanium trichloride is prepared under the same manufacturing conditions as in Example 1 except that 180 grams of titanium trichloride catalyst (TiCl 3 AA manufactured by Stauffer Chemical Co. in U.S.A.) and 14.4 grams of diethyl aluminum chloride are put in the same ball mill as in Example 1 in nitrogen atmospheric current for pulverization, which is carried out for 20 hours.
  • TiCl 3 AA manufactured by Stauffer Chemical Co. in U.S.A.
  • Example 1 140 grams of a commercially available, hydrogen reduced titanium trichloride (TiCl 3 H manufactured by Stauffer Chemical Co., in U.S.A.) and 40 grams of aluminum trichloride are put in the same ball mill as in Example 1 in nitrogen atmospheric current and pulverized for 40 hours at room temperature to obtain a pulverized titanium trichloride containing aluminum trichloride in the form of solid solution. Then the reformed titanium trichloride is prepared under the same manufacturing conditions as in Example 1 using the above stated titanium trichloride instead of the pulverized crystalline titanium trichloride compound used in Example 1. Following this, the polymerization of propylene is carried out under the same polymerization conditions as in Example 1 to obtain polymerization activity 3025, I.Y. 97.4 and bulk density 0.404.
  • TiCl 3 H manufactured by Stauffer Chemical Co., in U.S.A.
  • the co-pulverized mixture comprising the crystalline titanium trichloride and the diethyl aluminum chloride prepared under the same manufacturing conditions as in Example 1 is treated with n-butyl ether under the same treatment conditions as in Example 1 to obtain a treated titanium trichloride. And then a titanium trichloride catalyst is obtained by means of flash drying of the treated titanium trichloride with nitrogen gas on a filter. Using the titanium trichloride catalyst thus prepared and diethyl aluminum chloride, the polymerization of propylene is carried out under the same polymerization conditions as in Example 1 to obtain polymerization activity 1960, I.Y. 89.4 and bulk density 0.315.
  • the co-polymerized mixture comprising the crystalline titanium trichloride and the diethyl aluminum chloride prepared under the same manufacturing conditions as in Example 1 is not treated with n-butyl ether but a titanium trichloride catalyst is obtained by means of treatment with titanium tetrachloride under the same treatment conditions as in Example 1.
  • a titanium trichloride catalyst is obtained by means of treatment with titanium tetrachloride under the same treatment conditions as in Example 1.
  • the polymerization of propylene is carried out under the same polymerization conditions as in Example 1 to obtain polymerization activity 1130, I.Y. 89.7 and bulk density 0.352.
  • the polymerization of propylene is carried out under the same polymerization conditions as in Example 1 to obtain polymerization activity 1440, I.Y. 89.9 and bulk density 0.355.
  • the polymerization of propylene is carried out under the same polymerization conditions as in Example 1 to obtain polymerization activity 1215, I.Y. 89.7 and bulk density 0.361.
  • titanium trichloride which is obtained by means of flash drying with nitrogen gas after the treatment of the crystalline titanium trichloride compound with n-butyl ether under the same treatment conditions as in Example 1 and 14.4 grams of diethyl aluminum chloride are co-pulverized under the same copulverization conditions as in Example 1 to obtain a co-pulverized mixture.
  • the co-pulverized mixture is treated with titanium tetrachloride under the same treatment conditions as in Example 1 to obtain a titanium trichloride catalyst.
  • the polymerization of propylene is carried out under the same polymerization conditions as in Example 1 to obtain polymerization activity 982, I.Y. 85.3 and bulk density 0.336.
  • the co-pulverized mixture comprising the crystalline titanium trichloride and the diethyl aluminum chloride prepared under the same manufacturing conditions as in Example 1 is treated with titanium tetrachloride under the same treatment conditions as in Example 1 and then treated with n-butyl ether under the same conditions as in Example 1 to obtain a titanium trichloride catalyst.
  • the polymerization of propylene is carried out under the same polymerization conditions as in Example 1 to obtain polymerization activity 1517, I.Y. 89.2 and bulk density 0.347.
  • the reformed titanium trichloride is prepared under the same manufacturing conditions as in Example 1 except that different organoaluminum compounds are employed for the co-pulverization with the crystalline titanium trichloride compound.
  • the polymerization of propylene is carried out under the same polymerization conditions as in Example 1.
  • organoaluminum compounds employed in the co-pulverization and the results of the polymerization are as shown in Table 1.
  • the reformed titanium trichloride is prepared under the same manufacturing conditions as in Example 1 except that the diethyl aluminum chloride to be co-pulverized with the crystalline titanium trichloride compound is used in different quantities. Then, using the reformed titanium trichloride thus prepared and diethyl aluminum chloride, the polymerization of propylene is carried out under the same polymerization conditions as in Example 1.
  • the reformed titanium trichloride is prepared under the same manufacturing conditions as in Example 1 except that different oxygen-containing organic compounds as employed for the treatment of the co-pulverized mixture of the crystalline titanium trichloride compound and the diethyl aluminum chloride.
  • the polymerization of propylene is carried out under the same polymerization conditions as in Example 1.
  • the oxygen-containing organic compounds employed for the treatment and the results of the polymerization are as shown in Table 3.
  • the reformed titanium trichloride is prepared under the same manufacturing conditions as in Example 1 except that the n-butylether to treat the co-pulverized mixture comprising the crystalline titanium trichloride compound and the diethyl aluminum chloride is used in different quantities.
  • the polymerization of propylene is carried out under the same polymerization conditions as in Example 1.
  • the reformed titanium trichloride is prepared under the same manufacturing conditions as in Example 1 except that different halides of metals are employed for the treatment of the treated titanium trichloride which is treated with n-butylether under the same treatment conditions as in Example 1 after the co-pulverization of the crystalline titanium trichloride compound and the diethyl aluminum chloride under the same co-pulverization conditions as in Example 1.
  • the polymerization of propylene is carried out under the same polymerization conditions as in Example 1.
  • the reformed titanium trichloride is prepared under the same manufacturing conditions as in Example 1 except that the titanium tetrachloride to treat the treated titanium trichloride which is treated with n-buthylether under the same treatment conditions as in Example 1 after the co-pulverization of the crystalline titanium trichloride compound and the diethyl aluminum chloride under the same manufacturing conditions as in Example 1 is used different quantities.
  • the polymerization of propylene is carried out under the same polymerization conditions as in Example 1.
  • the gaseous phase polymerization of propylene is carried out under the same polymerization conditions as in Example 62 to obtain polymerization activity 2120, I.Y. 91.2 and bulk density 0.382.
  • the residual catalyst is decomposed by means of a methyl alcohol-isopropyl alcohol mixture; and the wet polymer product is separated by filtration and dried by vacuum drying to obtain 206 grams of solid polymer product.
  • the soluble polymer contained in the polymerization solvent is recovered by subjecting the filtrate to an evaporation drying process. A fraction of the solid polymer is extracted for 24 hours with ethylether by in Soxhlet Extractor and the ethylether-insoluble polymer is separated from the ethylether-soluble polymer.

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